What Have You Done?!
Tick Tock Timer Inspiration
Share with everyone what you’ve accomplished. You might also share how much time you invested in the project, too.
Don’t be shy. We’re all busting a move, here.
Share with everyone what you’ve accomplished. You might also share how much time you invested in the project, too.
Don’t be shy. We’re all busting a move, here.
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Hey Guys
Lovely timer. I love it!
Please create an option to allow the timer to make the sound “Tick-tock!” During longer projects, I have difficulty keeping focus, and having a metronome in the background always helps remind me that the clock is ticking. However, it is obnoxious to always open two pages—one for a timer, and one for a metronome!
Tick-Tock Timer…so, where’s my tick-tock? 🙂
‘Just took a quick 19 minute nap and am ready to make dinner. Without tt timer, dinner mighta been much later.
Whenever I have ten thousand online projects to do, I set the timer to break up each task into 30 minute bites.
I’ve been using your timer for about six months. The gong scares the sh*t out of me every single time.
I use the timer to time how long i read my book because ever day i have to read 20 minutes for reading class. 🙂
I plan to try this to time myself while studying – it’ll remind me to take a break, and help me to focus for blocks of time.
Other uses I want to try it for:
timing prayer/meditation: I’d like to pray/meditate for at least 20 minutes at a go, but I can’t really relax into it when I have to keep checking the time. When I have a gong to pull me out of it, I’ll be more likely to start. (Will have to figure out how to have my computer not turn off in 20 minutes though).
creative writing – I need to do some serious AIC (ass in chair) work! But focussing is hard…the timer will keep me on track.
I use this timer not to be too slow when I do my copywriting or translation. Helps a lot, God bless you dude :3
I used the timer to work on some articles that I have been procrastinating about…
I love the idea of using this to time a speech…
using as a timer for charging my battery 😀
i used it to count down to where i was gonna stop in my speech
I just used this site to teach my son how to use the oven. 😉 I hurt my foot, so he is taking responsibility. Thank you for an easy site. 😉
Time blocked 45 minutes and made 10 targeted calls.
I used it to make the perfect singapore-style half boiled egg.
Put 3 eggs in a pot, pour boiling water over it jus enough to cover the eggs, and cover. let it stand for 5 minutes and after, rinse the eggs quickly in tap water to prevent residual cooking.
crack them into a bowl. the egg whites should be runny and likewise for the yolk. stir it up and add a tea spoon of light soy sauce and white pepper powder to taste.
there you go!
Hi: I just made two important phone calls related to my business. I just wanted someone to “celebrate” with me!
Cheri
I used this to help me time my Monologue for drama. Its supposed to be from a movie or a play. i used BeetleJuice.. i just got found it yesterday and have to preform it tomorrow!
well.. back to practicing!
An effective timer to use when playing Charades at the office. 🙂
Hi,
Used this timer and set for five minutes at a time, picked up bedroom floor, and mopped kitchen and bath!
wow this is so amazingly fun. i used countdown timer application in my cellphone to write one single spontaneous paragraph about anything to post on my blog in 5 mins. and guess what, i came up with two nice opening paragraphs! gee my head’s still a lil bit thudding right now. LOL i never thought that this could really work. i guess i can fill up my blog faster from now. it’s a good start. thnx bamboo forest.
Hello …
I am very pleased with this timer.
I use it for reports to typles.
I thank the people who made this site.
Regards Jenna
Awesome tool! 1:23:45 seems to work well for me..
Using TTT, I’ve taken steps to set the groundwork for future Benjamins.
Hi, as a fan of the pomodoro technique, I’ve set tick-tock timer as my homepage. One problem… the 3 gongs aren’t enough to stop me working. When I used a physical timer, I had to get up to turn it off. If the gongs continued indefinitely until I stopped them, I’d have to stop what I was doing.
If using the timer to know when to take breaks from typing this option would be a huge help!
James
Love this thing. Set the timer ,away I go. 30 minutes later I have managed to tick tock my article into submission. Job done.
Cleaned the house! I think I’ll try writing with it next. Love it!
Hiya,
I’ve followed here from Glen’s site ViperChill.
You asked about what you could do with TickTockTimer and things. A great idea would be to turn this into an iPhone app (or get somebody else to do it for you), and then release it in the AppStore. You already have a following here, and I presume you’ve got an email list set up. So you could leverage that to make initial sales and regain (many times over) the cost of the outsourcing to make the app..
Just a thought 😉
Ben @ the Dried Herb Co.
This is great! I’ve been using a timer to help me focus on unpleasant tasks (like housework) all my life!
I’ve been wishing I had an online one for awhile. (It’s a pain to have to go and use the one on the microwave!) I never hear the microwave timer go off when I’m having a short powernap! I think I’ll hear this one!
Oops … gotta go my blog surfing time is up! lol!
Thanks for this!!
organized my paper tasks for today….I am overwhelmed by how much there is, BUT I have some idea where to start
If Joshua Black finds value in this timer, then …
By golly, that’s good enough for me! 🙂
I want to write. I love to write, but when I start, I block. I got better things to do, household stuff, more important things than some meaningless writing.
So before I start, I put the timer on 10 minutes. Just 10 minutes. My moment has started. No other distractions. Just write. Those 10 minutes are gone in no time. Then I put another 10 minutes, and sometimes again another. Before I know it, an half hour of full hour have passed. It was the timer. It kept me writing, big time.
I love this timer and I have used it.
Some times I need to be timed, so I can tell my employer how many hours I’v done. Could you put a stop watch in the device.
Thank you for the Tick Tock
It works! I used the Tick Tock Timer with my blog 10 Minutes of Brilliance. It took me exactly 10 minutes to read my blog. Perfect!
I “didn’t” spend an hour playing computer cards. I set the timer for 10 min , did that and am going to bed now
I am using it to time myself writing answers to previous years exams so I get to know how much I can write in the alloted period of time.
And becoz I nearly screwed up my last exam taking too long over one question
I love using this timer to keep my focus. Without having to divide my attention to stay aware of the time, it allows me to really focus on a task until it’s time to move on to the next one. It also keeps me more aware of how long I’ve spent working which reminds me to take breaks.
It’s quick and easy, and I love the ‘gong’ sound!
I do wish it weren’t quite so startling, though. Might it be possible to incorporate a volume control so it doesn’t send us into cardiac arrest? 😉
I finally started reading my bible for 20 min every night. Without the timer, God knows what other excuses I would make for myself 😛
Maybe I should talk to strangers more often. I love surprises :]
This is a great writing tool. I make sure that I focus on what I am doing for exactly 33 minutes, then take a 5 minute break, then 33 minutes, 5 min etc, until I have a solid 4 hours of writing in. You will be amazed at how much more you will get done trying to race a timer than you would when you click on your email every 5 seconds.
During those 33 minutes, you can only work on the task at hand, nothing else. No phone, no conversation, no nothing.
-Joshua Black
The Underdog Millionaire
An invaluable tool for writers. I use it to time paid jobs and write blog posts faster because I know the clock it ticking.
I’m using the 3T for exercising. its been my goal to exercise for 30 minutes a day continuously. without this tool, i’ve been slacking off 😛
thanks TTT
I used this timer to make sure I only read my RSS feeds and social media sites for 30 minutes. Then I used it again to make sure I wrote for an hour.
PS. You should make this into an app for Blackberry. I could really use a mobile version of it!
The other day, I had left my cell phone in my friends car, I always use my cell phone to wake me up in the mornings. But this time I couldn’t and by the time i realized my phone was in my friends ride, it was like 4 am, so I couldn’t just go and get it. So I need to wake up, and I remember your timer site, I went to the site set the clock for about 5 hrs, the loud repeating gong woke me up with no problems. Thanks for such a great timer.
Using it right now, in fact, to make sure I don’t get so absobed in this morning’s writing that I forget to take a batch of muffins out of the oven… not that such a thing has ever happened before (much)!
I’ve tried lots of other alarms and timers, but keep coming back to Tick Tock Timer for its efficient simplicity. Thanks for making it.
I’ve prepared Yerba Mate with perfect timing!
I’ve moved and been struggling with adjusting to my new location. Staying productive with so many distractions is hard, especially since I’ve learned to tune out my cell phone timer! This is a nice tool to try and get myself back on track.
Used it to finish up two articles for a client I’d been sitting on all day, and now going to tick-tock out a section of a newsletter for a client!
After a long day, I just don’t feel like working. Without this timer, I wouldn’t get anything done, and I’d just keep falling behind.
How does it work? I need to look that up.
I’ve just used for 10 minutes putting files and papers away. I came over from Writer Dad and I am glad to be here – thanks for the timer!
Just used it to put up a post sharing this tick tock timer with all my readers. Thanks Bamboo Forest. I love your blog too by the way so I linked back to both sites. I appreciate the timer. Great idea, now my tea won’t burn anymore…I hope like hell anyway!
Lee
I´m getting all my coursework done, 90 minutes, at a time.
I wrote. I have wanted to write for a while and write for a living but this was something personal and creative that I never had time for before. As a “friend” of mine once said, “busy people make time; lazy people make excuses.” I’m lazy, but this helped.
I just read ‘Awaken The Giant Within’ by Tony Robbins for 30 minutes! I have a regiment of reading 30 minutes every day, and the triple T helped me stay honest and focused.
Done.
I’d been toiling over a post for a couple days. Today I came to the triple T and put in 30 mins. The gong went off, and the post is done.
I totally tick-tocked that…